115 Truckloads of Landfill Averted as Part of Stratasys Environmental Initiative

Initiative Also Extends Ecoworks Support-Removal Agent to all Soluble Support Removal Systems

MINNEAPOLIS, Mar 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

(NASDAQ: SSYS) Stratasys,
maker of additive manufacturing machines for prototyping and producing
plastic parts, today announced two more programs in its environmental
stewardship initiative, announced last year.

The programs include an ambitious expansion of the company's material
carrier recycling program, and an extension of Ecoworks
cleaning agent to the company's full line of support-cleaning systems.

Program averts 115 truckloads from landfill

Though informally offered to customers for five years, Stratasys
redesigned its consumable-plastic-material carrier recycling program to
notch up customer participation among Dimension®
3D Printer and Fortus®
3D Production system owners. The program directs users to return their
spent material spools, cartridges and canisters to the factory for
refurbishing and reuse to prevent other disposal means. The program
includes an intuitive website that prompts users through a quick process
to generate a return label to the factory.

"After listening to our resellers and end users, we knew we needed to
streamline the process as well as improve awareness," says Stratasys
business development director Fred Fischer. "Customers found the old
program unclear and cumbersome or were unaware it existed. Our new
simplified program eliminates the problem by making it easy to
participate."

Currently the logistics of small shipments across international borders
limit the program to Europe and the US, although further expansion is
being studied. For European and US customers, clear and prominent
instructions on the consumable-plastic box direct users to www.Stratasys.com/recycle,
where they're prompted through the return process. For other geographic
areas, instructions are available to help with local recycling.

"We believe the new recycling program will significantly increase
participation, reducing our technology's environmental footprint by
keeping the plastic carriers out of landfills," says Fischer. "We have
an ambitious plan to double the participation rate in 2011."

With the informal recycling program, an average of 36 garbage trucks
(1200 yards) of material waste were annually reused or recycled instead
of dumped in landfills. From program inception through 2010, 4000 yards
- equivalent to 115 garbage truck loads - of spent plastic carriers were
returned to the factory for reuse or recycling rather than being
land-filled.

Today -- of the material carriers returned to Stratasys -- more than 95
percent are reused or recycled. Stratasys aims to continue streamlining
the process, increasing participation rates and the volume of carriers
it reuses or recycles.

Ecoworks: A green clean

In the process of creating a plastic part, 3D printers create disposable
structures that support overhangs and other features that need a base to
build upon. These structures get removed when the part is complete.
Stratasys "soluble supports" are dissolved in a water-based cleaning
agent.

Ecoworks is a cleaning agent that was initially designed for a single
support-cleaning system. The agent is now available for all soluble
support-removal systems for FDM® and all soluble support
materials, including SR-10, SR-20, and SR-30.

The cleaning agent was engineered as an environmentally friendly
solution that can be drained in most standard plumbing systems after
use. The solution's pH level generally meets drain water requirements
worldwide. "Ecoworks is an eco-friendly and a user-friendly cleaning
agent for companies that have strong environmental initiatives or strict
local waste water regulations," says Stratasys product manager Mary
Stanley. The cleaning agent comes in individual packets that dissolve
and release contents when submersed in water, so the powder is not
airborne. Key features include:

User-friendly packaging

Eco-friendly pH level

Non-hazardous material

Used solution gets diluted with water at a one-to-one ratio for
disposal

Stratasys, Inc., Minneapolis, is a maker of additive
manufacturing machines for prototyping and producing plastic parts. The
company markets under the brands Fortus 3D Production Systems and
Dimension 3D Printers. The company also operates RedEye On Demand, a
digital manufacturing service for prototypes and production parts.
According to Wohlers Report 2010, Stratasys supplied more additive
manufacturing systems in 2009 than any other manufacturer, making it the
unit market leader for the eighth consecutive year. Stratasys patented
and owns the process known as FDM.® The process creates
functional prototypes and manufactured goods directly from any 3D CAD
program, using high-performance industrial thermoplastics. The company
holds more than 285 granted or pending additive manufacturing patents
globally. Stratasys products are used in the aerospace, defense,
automotive, medical, business & industrial equipment, education,
architecture, and consumer-product industries. Online at: www.stratasys.com